celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy
high; noble; refined; advanced
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
centre of attention; center of attention
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
department store; department
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
person in charge; official; attendant
light; right; right field; right fielder
critic; reviewer; commentator
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
index; indices; indicator
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery